North Carolina State House District 81
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Larry Potts Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Larry Potts (R) 71.9, Pamela D. McAfee (D) 28.1
- Last election
- Larry Potts (Republican) won by 43.8 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
Side by side
Left column: PottsRight column: Tucker
- Donor-based spectrum
- LiberalCentristConservativePottsNo published score for Tucker
- Races
- Won 5 of 6
- None listed
- Years since first win
- 10
- Not available
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Candidates on the ballot
- Dylan R. TuckerDemocratic
- Larry PottsIncumbentRepublican
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- Independent
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- More than one party
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Official results for North Carolina
History (17 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 47,264
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2024)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 81, 1992 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLarry PottsWon Republican 33,97171.9% DemocraticPamela D. McAfee Democratic 13,29328.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 29,534
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 81, 1992 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLarry PottsWon(incumbent) Republican 21,92274.2% DemocraticJoe Watkins Democratic 7,61225.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 43,964
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 81, 1992 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLarry PottsWon(incumbent) Republican 32,09273.0% DemocraticRobert Lewis Jordan Democratic 11,87227.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,222
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 81, 1992 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLarry PottsWon(incumbent) Republican 20,27671.8% DemocraticLewie Phillips Democratic 7,94628.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 35,805
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 81, 1992 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLarry PottsWon Republican 24,37168.1% DemocraticAndy Hedrick Democratic 11,43431.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,090
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 81, 1992 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRayne BrownWon(incumbent) Republican 15,090100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,775
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 81, 1992 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRayne BrownWon(incumbent) Republican 25,775100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,213
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 81, 1992 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRayne BrownWon Republican 8,74457.5% DemocraticL. Hugh Holliman(incumbent) Democratic 6,46942.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,648
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 81, 1992 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticL. Hugh HollimanWon(incumbent) Democratic 12,97552.6% RepublicanRayne Brown Republican 11,67347.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,454
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 81, 1992 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticL. Hugh HollimanWon(incumbent) Democratic 8,454100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,141
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 81, 1992 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticL. Hugh HollimanWon(incumbent) Democratic 15,141100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,056
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2003)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 81, 1992 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticL. Hugh HollimanWon(incumbent) Democratic 9,07453.2% RepublicanJohn T. Walser Jr. Republican 7,54044.2% LibertarianStuart Britt Libertarian 4422.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 36,854
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 81, 1992 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJeff BarnhartWon Republican 23,15762.8% DemocraticHector H. Henry II Democratic 13,69737.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,019
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 81, 1992 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTimothy N. TallentWon(incumbent) Republican 16,019100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,230
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 81, 1992 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTimothy N. TallentWon(incumbent) Republican 20,230100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,122
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 81, 1992 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTimothy N. TallentWon(incumbent) Republican 9,80469.4% DemocraticFrank H. Hawfield Jr. Democratic 4,31830.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,202
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 81, 1992 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTimothy N. TallentWon(incumbent) Republican 13,56158.5% DemocraticCarolyn B. Williams Democratic 9,64141.5%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
- 1992 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
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Election Wrld. (2026). North Carolina State House District 81, election results 1992 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/nc/house/81. Retrieved October 31, 2026.
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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.
District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:nc/sldl:81
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), DIME (ODC-BY), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026